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Intelligent Platforms

2011Aerospace

product selection guide

C O N T E N T S » SYSTEMS

12 COTS RUGGED SYSTEMS

12 RUGGED ETHERNET SWITCHES

12 REMOTE INTERFACE UNIT

» SINGLE BOARD COMPUTERS

16 VME INTEL

16 VME POWERPC

18 CPCI INTEL

18 CPCI POWERPC

20 COMPUTER ON MODULES

20 PROCESSOR PMC

20 PROCESSOR AMC

21 ATCA

22 VPX INTEL

22 VPX POWERPC

» MULTIPROCESSING

27 AXIS MULTIPROCESSING SOFTWARE

27 AXIS-ENABLED MULTIPROCESSOR HARDWARE

28 AXIS-ENABLED SINGLE BOARD COMPUTERS

29 GPGPU

30 FPGA PROCESSORS

31 DEVELOPMENT STARTER KITS

31 FABRIC SWITCHES

» SENSOR PROCESSING

34 SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO

35 ACOUSTIC PRODUCTS

37 VIDEO PRODUCTS

» APPLIED IMAGE PROCESSING

40 VIDEO TRACKING AND IMAGE PROCESSING

» AVIONICS

44 MIL-STD-1553

44 LABVIEW SUPPORT

44 10MBIT 1553

45 ARINC 615 DATA LOADER

45 DATA BUS ANALYZERS

46 ARINC 429

46 AVIONICS CORE

47 AFDX ARINC 664

47 BUILT TO ORDER

» IO AND COMMUNICATIONS

50ANALOG IO

51CARRIER CARDS

51 FIBRE CHANNEL HBAS

51INTELLIGENT IO CONTROLLERS

52DIGITAL IO

53ETHERNET INTERFACES

54ETHERNET SWITCHES

56DSP-BASED IO

56GRAPHICS

57INDUSTRYPACK MODULES

57ON-BOARD STORAGE

58PACKET PROCESSORS: ADVANCEDTCA BLADES

AND ADVANCEDMCS

58MULTIFUNCTION IO

58SERIAL IO

59PACKET PROCESSORS

59REFLECTIVE MEMORY NODES

59REFLECTIVE MEMORY HUBS

60STORAGE CONTROLLERS

60VMEBUS REPEATERS

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There is no such thing as a “minor glitch” in a military and aerospace computing or communications system.

The mission-criticality of the hardware, software and support programs we provide to contractors for ground, air, sea, unmanned vehicles and command and control stations is unquestioned. Starting with costand time-saving commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies based on open architectures and standards, our products are engineered to ensure deployment-ready technology with the appropriate level of ruggedization and size, weight, and power for the design parameters at hand.

GE Intelligent Platforms has a proven track record as a subsystem supplier to major military and aerospace contractors. We have earned the reputation of being able to deliver subsystems that in some cases have clocked more than two

decades of failure-free service, yet being agile enough to develop technologies for the most forward-thinking military and aerospace platforms. The military and aerospace arena is a major core focus of our business, and we invest heavily in developing new ruggedized computing and communications products that leverage COTS technologies.

We also draw upon a corporate culture with a long track record in military and aerospace research and development as part of one of the world’s largest and most stable corporations. GE has more than 100 years of experience supplying technology to the defense industry, including having developed the first jet engine for military use. Various divisions of the company subsequently developed numerous subsystems for military and aerospace contractors.

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»PRODUCTS

GE Intelligent Platforms carries forward that legacy with COTS products that have been chosen for high-profile applications in every type of military and aerospace program, including manned and unmanned applications for air-, groundand seabased platforms.

While our standard products often provide the perfect technology solution, we also offer the ability to modify those products per customer-specific specifications. In other instances, fully custom products are developed from the ground up. All products, whether standard, semi-custom or fully custom, are manufactured using Six Sigma quality assurance methodologies.

GE Intelligent Platforms makes single board computers based on a variety of form factors, processors, clock speeds, memory configurations, I/O and operating systems. Our single board computers can be designed to varying levels of ruggedization and with several cooling options including conduction

cooling. We are also able to supply a range of accessories and expansion cards for video, storage and network connectivity.

Signal processing is a critical element in military and aerospace platforms, and GE Intelligent Platforms has products to assist in virtually every type of application. Our product lineup includes multiprocessor single board computers and FPGA-based computing products for digital signal processing, acceleration and compression.

Our extensive array of communications and networking products includes LAN/Ethernet, Reflective Memory, storage, packet processing, switches/backplanes and both dataand control-plane processors. GE is also a leader in AdvancedTCA and AdvancedMC components.

We also build a variety of standard computers that can be customized with our broad selection of single board computers, carrier cards, PMCs and enclosures. Engineering development units can be provided so that customers can perform application development, and we also offer the services of our impressive in-house testing facilities. Our flat panel PC-based computer systems and monitors are engineered to withstand harsh military and aerospace environments.

»SUPPORT

We work closely with our customers to design embedded computing or communications hardware or software solutions that meet the technology, form factor, weight and power requirements of the platform.

We are committed to excellence in all of our products and services. All of our products are designed for high performance and unfaltering reliability, and are manufactured with a commitment to near-zero defect benchmarks. Our Centers

for Excellence, global distribution and local support centers provide individualized customer support worldwide. We also offer comprehensive online technical support tools that include sample programs, free software upgrades and product documentation. Registered users are afforded the

opportunity to search our knowledge base for specific technical information. We also offer customers the ability to access

all other divisions under the GE umbrella, including worldrenowned GE Research.

Our value-add continues with an extensive selection of highlevel application programming interface libraries that greatly facilitate application development. Support is provided for a variety of Microsoft® Windows® operating systems as well as Linux®, VxWorks®, INTEGRITY®, Solaris®, LynxOS®, LabVIEW®, LabVIEW Real-Time®, LabWindows/CVI® and other operating environments.

Our customer focus can continue for many years past the initial product shipment. GE Intelligent Platforms offers an exemplary Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) program that begins in the design stage and follows the customer’s program to lifecycle completion. Along the way, our PLM specialists maintain close contact with the COTS technology vendors to ensure that our military and aerospace customers are never left without viable options as mainstream technologies evolve.

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Whether on the ground, in the air or on the seas, GE Intelligent Platforms has military and aerospace platforms covered with commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) computing systems specifically tailored to the unique needs of that arena.

C A P A B I L I T I E S

GE understands the need for subsystem components that leverage technology advances in the marketplace as well as the economies of scale that come along with the use of commercial products. We also understand the need for off-the-shelf

availability and ease of development for the fastest possible platform time-to-market.

COTS technology also provides a major advantage by reducing overall program risk. GE designs and qualifies its products toward the platform specifications using only proven technologies. Whether for a ground-up design project or technology insertion, our products are designed to meet all technical requirements without the program risks that might otherwise be encountered.

GE can fully appreciate the harsh environments in which many of our products are called upon to perform. And we know how valuable every square inch, every ounce and every watt are in most every military and aerospace platform. For that reason, we design ruggedized products that provide the appropriate level of technology for the application in form factors that provide the lowest possible size, weight and power footprint.

Most importantly, we know what is riding on every product we make working just the way it should, year after year, without fail. GE is proud to have provided critical technological solutions for such high-visibility military and aerospace programs as the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle, M1A2 Abrams tank, and M2A2

Bradley Medical Vehicle. Through our highly regarded Product Lifecycle Management program, we design our products around the lifecycle requirements of the platform. In some cases, we have achieved as much as two decades of component service without failure.

The following section provides highlights of certain facets of GE Intelligent Platforms’ capabilities for the design, production, and lifecycle management of military and aerospace computing and communications hardware and software. We look forward to providing the COTS-based design and support expertise needed to help achieve success in your next military and aerospace program.

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G R O U N D V E H I C L E S Y S T E M S

Ground-based military assets must flawlessly perform under all conditions, whether extreme hot or cold, punishing shock and vibration, humidity or blowing dust. In addition, the technology systems employed must be easily upgradable to include the latest COTS technology with fast requalification turnaround.

GE Intelligent Platforms has decades of experience in providing just such rugged systems and modules to leading contractors for ground vehicle systems. Our rugged systems have been used in numerous high-profile ground vehicle programs, including:

›M1A2 Abrams tank ›MLRS

›HIMARS

›Pedestal Mount Stinger System ›M2A2 Bradley Medical Vehicle ›Centurion Land-Based Phalanx System ›BRITE Star® II Electro-Optics System ›MX20 Electro-Optics Video Tracker ›USA FCS NLOS-LS (NetFires)

›USMC Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle ›Patriot Missile Air Defense System ›MEADS

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In each application, we deploy our proven design strategy that provides the highest degree of technological performance throughout the lifecycle of the customer’s program. Wherever possible, our designs provide for upgrades of the processor and memory types and speeds without changes to the physical or electrical characteristics of the board. This “plug-and-play” technology upgrade capability minimizes requalification delays. In addition, our Board Support Packages provide a stable software interface between applications and the underlying hardware, thus minimizing application software revisions after upgrades.

GE Intelligent Platforms rugged systems and modules are currently being used for a wide range of ground vehicle applications, including:

›Situational awareness ›Launcher control units

›Fire control computers›Hull/turret computers ›Embedded training ›Integrated display processing ›Target tracking

›Network switch units ›Remote interface units

›SBCs, DSPs, graphics and I/O cards

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A I R B O R N E S Y S T E M S

Thirty-thousand feet up is no place for a systems failure. Because of that, leading contractors for decades have turned to GE Intelligent Platforms for mission-critical computing and communications systems components. Our rugged systems are up to the task under any type of harsh environment, whether it be high altitude, extreme hot or cold, dust, humidity, vibration or shock.

GE provides rugged technology applications for every type of aerospace platform. We developed the world’s first all-digital radar warning receiver (RWR), the ALR-69A(V). This tactical RWR facilitates suppression of enemy air defenses, cross-platform integration, and enhanced spectral and spatial coverage

that provides high-sensitivity detection in dense signal environments.

Our On-Board Reasoner extends the capabilities of an aircraft’s existing integrated aircraft diagnostic systems. The system includes an on-board data recorder and a ground-based reasoner that performs data analysis. The On-Board Reasoner system improves maintenance capabilities by defining root

causes, identifying false alarms, and prioritizing maintenance scheduling. Much of the analysis can be conducted in real time so that flight crews can be advised when an emergency situation exists and when they are experiencing a false alarm.

Another aerospace offering from GE is Automatic Image Matching (AIM) that aligns images taken at different times and positions to aid navigation and target detection.

Other military aerospace applications of

GE Intelligent Platforms technologies include:

›Flight management computers ›IFF controllers

›Navigational control units ›Network switch units

›Stores management computers ›Integrated display processing ›SBCs, DSPs, graphics and I/O cards ›Mission management computers ›Remote interface units

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U A V

GE Intelligent Platforms has been a leading provider of embedded computing technologies for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) since development of this paradigm-shifting new form of military aircraft. UAVs are now revolutionizing how aerial intelligence is gathered and in some cases even how the enemy is engaged. The US Army, Air Force and Navy have all made substantial commitments to even greater use of UAV technology in the future as a way to limit risks to warfighters, conduct missions under conditions not possible by manned flight platforms, and even lower capital and operating costs for battlefield deployments.

The technology requirements of unmanned platforms present unique challenges to contractors. Video capture and streaming capabilities are of major importance both to control the aircraft and obtain meaningful observation of potential objects of interest on the ground. The capture, processing and transmission of enormous volumes of data must be accomplished seamlessly and in real-time with

components that incorporate leading-edge size, weight and power advantages. Flight management and control systems (and sometimes weapons management systems) also must meet the unique challenge of operating a battlefield asset from considerable distances.

Many unique GE products have helped launch the UAV paradigm, and continue to move it forward to maturity. Our video capture and processing technology has been deployed in UAVs such as the US Navy Fire Scout as well as a DARPA-funded demonstration of in-flight refueling of a UAV. Video tracking systems from GE such as our ADEPT5000 rugged video tracker have successfully overcome the challenges of data clutter from non-targets, multiple target tracking, and obscuration and decoy attempts to avoid detection. Acquiring the data necessary to perform these surveillance activities is the role of a myriad of sensor technologies, and onboard analog-to-digital data converters must be able to manage that data with nearzero latency.

The latest and greatest technology is of little use if subsystems fail to integrate in an efficient manner. GE Intelligent Platforms’ rigorous subsystem integration and testing programs free contractors and system integrators from the timeand capitalintensive certification of subsystems, and thus help to quickly move UAV concepts out of the design studio and onto the battlefield.

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S E A S Y S T E M S

GE Intelligent Platforms’ broad range of rugged systems products give prime contractors just the right level of ruggedization necessary for the environmental conditions involved with sea-going operations. Whether in the protective environment of a control room, the sea-sprayed deck or the high altitudes of an unmanned aerial vehicle, GE can provide a system that will provide the needed combination of longevity and upgradability that sea-going applications demand.

Given that sea systems often must remain in place for decades, we strive to develop products that can survive numerous technology upgrades with a minimum of physical or electrical reconfiguration and recertification. As much as possible, GE designs in the ability to swap out COTS processors or memory chips without changing the board’s physical dimensions or electrical characteristics.

GE has been selected by contractors to provide systems hardware and software for numerous applications throughout the spectrum of sea operations:

›ADCAP (Raytheon) ›SQQ-89 (Lockheed Martin) ›ALFS/LAMPS (Raytheon) ›LFAS (DRA) ›NSSN-SIM/STIM (DSR)

›P3 upgrade (Boeing) ›P8 MMA (Boeing)

›Fire Scout (Northrop Grumman) ›AN/BPS-16 (Northrop Grumman)

With decades of experience in sea systems, chances are very good that GE already has strong experience in a given technology challenge. We are a leading supplier of sonar

technology, with installations on more than 400 vessels around the world including the US Navy’s Virginia class submarines. Our use of COTS technology has enabled us to leverage new multi-core processors and serial switched fabrics for a range of applications such as radar systems. We have developed a wide selection of communications technologies necessary for sea operations, including Software Defined radio transceivers and standards-based systems, switches and I/O modules. GE’s ballistic predictors provide full ballistic prediction to increase the probability of a first-round hit, while our Dynamic Gun Alignment system affords an automated, video-based solution for sea-going weapon system alignment.

Sea systems applications that have been provided by GE Intelligent Platforms include:

›Shipboard network control ›Sensor processing

›Target detection and tracking ›Communications and IFF ›Fire control computers ›Integrated display units

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C O M M A N D A N D C O N T R O L

GE Intelligent Platforms is one of the leading providers of subsystems aimed at giving command and control (C2) centers the real-time intelligence and communications capabilities necessary for successful ground, air and sea operations. We are proven providers of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) rugged signal processing technologies to military, aerospace and security contractors.

Multifunctional radar installations increasingly demand more processing capability and scalability from their computer systems. Our latest multicore processor computers with miserly heat and power constraints, coupled with serial switched fabrics that optimize board-to-board data transfers, provide the computational firepower these radar systems require. In addition, our latest generation of AXIS integrated software development tools speed the development

time needed to build and implement DSP multiprocessor computing platforms.

Communications links between C2 units and field operations is facilitated by an array of GE Intelligent Platforms technologies such as our Software Defined Radio transceivers and our standards-based systems, switches and I/O modules.

Our AXIS graphical software suite lowers the development and maintenance times and costs in radar system development by providing the DSP software development and performance analysis tools necessary to simply the process. The AXIS software is complemented by complete signaland vectorprocessing libraries, including recently added Intel and GPGPU libraries. Integrated graphical tools provide developerfriendly system visualizations and the ability to configure, download, run, debug and monitor multiprocessor systems

in the GUI environment. AXIS also provides interprocessor communications software with high throughput, low latency,

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SYSTEMS

Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) computing systems afford end users access to the most advanced technology at mass-market prices. Platform time-to-market is dramatically reduced along with technical risk. Because the development has already been performed up-front for these standard systems, the non-recurring engineering expense has been greatly reduced, if not eliminated. Emplacing COTS systems in the harsh environments typically encountered in military and aerospace applications will usually require specialized packaging to achieve certification for the lifecycle demanded by the end user.

GE Intelligent Platforms excels at the design of COTS systems with levels of ruggedization ranging from benign to being capable of withstanding harsh military and aerospace conditions such as thermal extremes, vibration, shock, sand and dust, salt fog, humidity, acceleration, electromagnetic interference, and nuclear/ electromagnetic pulse, as well as human intrusion and compromise. We provide a full range of COTS system packaging services, from creation of specifications to rigorous qualification testing. GE has developed five levels of circuit board ruggedization, each providing the optimal balance of cost, performance and reliability.

Our engineers first recommend a COTS board based on the performance requirements of the specification, then select the chassis and racks based on the type of cooling (forced air, convection, or conduction) required, as well as estimates of power dissipation, board/slot count, and user environment. After engineering analysis and simulation assures performance capabilities, prototype and qualification testing is conducted to certify that the system will indeed function in the intended environment. All rugged COTS equipment is tested to environmental test specifications that have the widest applicability. MIL-STD-810 has emerged as an important environmental test standard for rugged COTS systems because of its broad applicability to rotary/fixed-wing aircraft as well as ground/amphibious vehicles, but some unique rugged systems specifications require specialized design, analysis and testing to certify the required level of performance in a given environment.

GE has developed a comprehensive process for the development of rugged systems. Our ISO 9000/AS9100 certified design and testing process is exhaustive, but our extensive design data and experience base greatly reduces development time while assuring low program risk for the contractor.

COTS products making up a rugged system can include single board computers, analog and digital I/O boards, Ethernet switches, solid state drives, power supplies, and chassis. Boards, especially I/O boards, can be modified to meet program specifications, and customer-designed or third-party products can also be included in the system specification. Raised lids and media adapters can be included in the chassis design to accommodate the routing of fiber optics and cabling, as can external doghouses for external removable memory.

COTS RUGGED SYSTEMS

GE Intelligent Platforms COTS Rugged Systems are pre-packaged off-the-shelf subsystems designed to eliminate NRE (non-recurring engineering) costs and reduce system development risk through proven, high technology readiness level (TRL) solutions for a range of military vehicle platforms including UAVs, manned aircraft, and manned and unmanned ground vehicles. GE’s pre-configured computer systems help to reduce delivery time by offering you numerous pre-configured offerings solutions that can be deployed in the field as soon as your application is ready, or you can use these COTS systems as a starting point for multiple application-specific configurations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Temp

 

Form Factor

Slots

Chassis Cooling

Processor

OS Support

I/O

Weight

(degrees C)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRS-C2P-3CC1

3U cPCI

2

Convection

Power MPC7448 @ 1.0 GHz

VxWorks

Discrete, Ethernet, MIL-STD-1553, Serial, USB,

11 lbs (5 kg)

-40 to 45

optional SATA drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRS-C3P-3CB1

3U cPCI

3

Cold Plate

Power MPC7448 @ 1.0 GHz

VxWorks

ADC, ARINC 429, DAC, Discrete, Ethernet, MIL-

9 lbs (4 kg)

-40 to 71

STD-1553, Serial, USB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRS-C2I-3CC1

3U cPCI

2

Convection

Intel Core Duo @ 1.666 GHz or

Linux, Windows, VxWorks

ARINC 429, CAN Bus, Discrete, Ethernet,

11 lbs (5 kg)

-40 to 45

Intel Core2 Duo @ 1.5 GHz

MIL-STD-1553, Serial, USB, optional SATA drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRS-C3I-3CB1

3U cPCI

3

Cold Plate

Intel Core Duo @ 1.666 GHz or

Linux, Windows, VxWorks

ADC, ARINC 429, DAC, CAN Bus, Discrete,

9 lbs (4 kg)

-40 to 71

Intel Core2 Duo @ 1.5 GHz

Ethernet, MIL-STD-1553, Serial, USB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RUGGED ETHERNET SWITCHES

Rugged Ethernet Switches bring the high-speed network connectivity of a managed Layer 2 and Layer 3 gigabit Ethernet switch together with a lightweight, compact, milled-aluminum alloy chassis to provide TCP/IP functionality in harsh environments.

Dimensions (mm) (H x W x D)

Weight (lbs)

Management Type

Port Type

Cooling

Power Supply

 

 

 

 

 

 

RES-210

RUGGED ETHERNET SWITCH

GS24

GS12

256.7mm (h) x 185mm (d) x 63.5mm (thick)

300mm (w) x 100mm (h) x 235mm (d) including connectors

63.5mm(h) x 165.1mm (w) x 234.5mm (d) including connectors

4

Fully Managed Layer-2/3+

10/100/1000BaseT

Conduction

28 VDC,

Conduction Cooled

 

 

 

 

12

Fully Managed Layer-2/3+ or

10/100/1000BaseT; option for

Base-plate

28VDC

Unmanaged Layer 2

GigE fiber or 2 10GigE fiber

 

 

 

less than 4

Fully Managed Layer-2/3+ or

10/100/1000BaseT

Conduction

28VDC - MilSpec 1275

Unmanaged Layer 2

or MilSpec 704F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REMOTE INTERFACE UNIT

GE Intelligent Platform’s RIU-2000 Remote Interface Unit provides a light-weight, low-power interface for Vehicle Management Systems applications. This cost-effective interface has been ruggedized for use in harsh vibration, shock and EMI environments. Configuration flexibility is maximized in this RS 232/422/485 interface, which features conduction cooling and 25W power dissipation. Inputs include two 10/100BaseT Ethernet ports, two RS-232 ports, six

RS-422/485 5-wire I/O, 16 analog (-10 to +10V), 16 open/28V discrete, eight TTL discrete, four pulse counter (freq.), one thermocouple analog, three RTD analog (4-wire), and one JTAG. Outputs include eight TTL discrete, four analog (-10V to +10V), 16 open/28V discrete or 16 open/GND discrete, four +10V excitation signals, four -10V excitation signals, four stepper motor drive, and one JTAG.

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O F F - T H E - S H E L F S O L U T I O N S

COTS Rugged Systems

Do more without more.

That was the message in a June 2010 directive from the U.S. Under Secretary of Defense to military procurement specialists regarding ways to deliver better value to both the taxpayer and warfighter. A September 2010 Guidance document on means of actually increasing value to stakeholders in an age of shrinking defense budgets took aim at the $400 billion earmarked for contracts for goods and services out of the $700 billion total defense budget.

One key method of effecting cost savings that Under Secretary Ashton B. Carter directed procurement officials to undertake is a shift from Cost Plus contracts to Fixed Cost contracts. In the former, contractors had the ability to pass unanticipated costs along to the Department, while the Fixed Price paradigm holds the contractor to a price determined before the signing of the contract.

The new COTS Rugged System (CRS) line from GE Intelligent Platforms can help contractors achieve platform goals while minimizing the risks inherent with the Fixed Price mode of operation. These SWaP-optimized packaged and pre-validated control computer systems provide rugged computing platforms with a wide range of I/O flexibility for a wide variety of military and aerospace applications. Any CRS computer is deployable as soon as the field application is ready or used as starting point for multiple application-specific configurations. Furthermore, the CRS concept greatly reduces non-recurring engineering fees and system development risks, while providing an initial Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 6.

A major source of contractor risk, integration of off-the-shelf boards, is already completed, thus shortening the contractor’s time to project completion. These modular systems are fully tested and qualified for rugged systems deployment by a company renowned for rugged systems deployments in platforms such as UAVs, missiles, ground vehicles and manned aircraft.

Through computing solutions such as the GE Intelligent Platforms CRS product line, contractors themselves can achieve more without more risk or development cost.

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SINGLE BOARD COMPUTERS

GE Intelligent Platforms specializes in the design and manufacture of single board computers (SBCs) tailored to meet the computing and ruggedization needs of the customer. With a wide range of form factors, processor speeds, memory configurations, I/O options and five levels of ruggedization, our line of COTS-based SBCs provide tremendous computing flexibility with considerably lowered program risk.

We recently announced a new line of SBC products based on the 2nd generation Intel® Core i7processors. These new dualor quad-core processors effectively double the computing capabilities of the previous generation of Core i7 processors, along with the addition of Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) technology. AVX doubles the processor’s vector engine from 128 to 256 bits for a tremendous improvement in floating point processing. Radar, sonar, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and signal processing will be some of the military and aerospace applications to benefit most from the addition of AVX to these Intel flagship processors. Current GE products include the VPXcel3 SBC324 and VPXcel6 SBC624 in 3U and 6U VPX form factors, respectively, the XCR14 rugged 6U CPCI SBC, and the XVR14 rugged 6U VME SBC. All of these SBCs bear dualor quad-core 2nd generation Core i7 processors running at up to 2.5 GHz.

In parallel, we also announced a new line of SBC products based on FreescaleSemiconductor’s QorIQ 45nm communications and computing platforms designed for high performance in a low-power envelope. Our PPC9B and IMP3A SBCs use the dual-core P2020 processor running at 1.2 GHz and are specifically targeted at SWaP-constrained applications. Our PPC10A, SBC312 and SBC612 products are based on the QorIQ P4080 processor which has eight Power Architecturee500mc cores running at 1.5 GHz and are targeted at high-performance applications where benefits can be achieved by software parallelism across the available cores. The eight-core QorIQ offer the ability to compress many existing multi-board applications into one or two multi-core SBCs to achieve considerable SWaP advantages.

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Rear IO Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Size

Speed

 

NAND

Compact

 

 

 

 

Bus

Size

Slots

CPU

Speed MHz

Cores

Chipset

Nodes

Type

GB

MHz

ECC

(GB)

Flash

XMC

PMC

1000BaseT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XVR14

VME

6U

1

Corei7

2500

4

QM67

1

DDR3

16

667

16

 

2

2

2

2nd Gen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VR12

VME

6U

1

Corei7

2530

2

QM57

1

DDR3

8

533

16

 

2

2

2

VP12

VME

6U

2

Corei7

2530

2

QM57

1

DDR3

8

533

16

 

1

1

2

VR11

VME

6U

1

Core 2 Duo

2167

2

E7520

1

DDR2

4

400

 

1

1

2

2

VP11

VME

6U

2

Core 2 Duo

2167

2

E7520

1

DDR2

4

400

 

1

1

2

2

XVB601

VME

6U

1

Corei7

2530

2

QM57

1

DDR3

8

533

 

1

1

2

2

V7768

VME

6U

1

Core 2 Duo

2167

2

945GM

1

DDR2

2

333

 

 

1

 

1

 

V7769

VME

6U

2

Core 2 Duo

2167

2

945GM

1

DDR2

2

333

 

 

1

 

3

 

V7875

VME /

6U

1

Core 2 Duo

2530

2

GM45

1

DDR3

8

533

 

 

1

1

1

2

VXS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V7865

VME /

6U

1

Core 2 Duo

2160

2

945GM

1

DDR2

3

333

 

 

1

 

1

2

VXS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V7812

VME /

6U

2

Xeon

2130

4

5100

1

DDR2

4

333

 

 

 

2

2

VXS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: Not all IO features are available on the same board due to pin-out constraints. Please check the product manual for details of IO pin sharing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

VME POWERPC

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor

 

 

 

Memory / node

 

Flash / node

 

Rear IO Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Size

Speed

 

NOR

NAND

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bus

Size

Slots

CPU

Speed MHz

Cores

Chipset

Nodes

Type

(GB)

MHz

ECC

(MB)

(GB)

XMC

 

PMC

AFIX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PPC10A

VME

6U

1

P4080

1500

8

Integrated

1

DDR3

8

650

512

4

2

 

2

 

1

PPC9B

VME

6U

1

P2020

1200

2

Integrated

1

DDR3

4

400

768

 

1

 

2

 

1

PPC9A

VME

6U

1

864xD

1333

2

Integrated

1

DDR2

4

266

1012

 

2

 

2

 

1

PPC8A

VME

6U

1

7448

1000

1

Discovery

1

SDRAM

1

100

512

 

 

 

2

 

 

PPC7D

VME

6U

1

7448

1400

1

Discovery 3

1

DDR

1

133

512

 

 

 

2

 

1

PPC7A5X

VME

6U

1

7457

1100

1

Discovery

1

SDRAM

1

133

128

 

 

 

2

 

 

PPC7A10

VME

6U

1

7410

500

1

Discovery

1

SDRAM

1

133

128

 

 

 

2

 

 

PPC4A

VME

6U

1

7410

500

1

MPC107

1

SDRAM

0.5

100

64

 

 

 

2

 

 

PPCM2

VME

6U

1

7448

1400

1

Discovery 3

2

DDR

1

133

512

 

 

 

2

 

 

VG6

VME

6U

1

8461D

1333

2

Integrated

2

DDR2

2

200

256

 

1

 

2

 

 

VG5

VME

6U

1

7457

1267

1

Discovery 2

2

DDR

0.5

133

256

 

 

 

2

 

 

EP2A

VME

6U

1

7448

1400

1

Discovery 5

1

DDR2

1

200

512

 

 

 

2

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: Not all IO features are available on the same board due to pin-out constraints. Please check the product manual for details of IO pin sharing.

GE INTELLIGENT PLATFORMS » MILITARY AND AEROSPACE SELECTION GUIDE 2011

Advanced VME single board computers use the latest Intel technology, including the 2nd generation Core i7 and Core i5 dual and quad core processors with AVX and Turbo technologies and Gen 2 PCIe SATA capability. VME technology is still dominant in many embedded board markets and has proven itself to be a stable technology that evolves with the needs of the rugged computing markets.

 

 

 

 

Rear IO Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front IO Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COM

USB

SATA

GPIO

VGA

DVI

Audio

VME 64x

VME 2eSST

Gig E

Fast E

COM

Key'd / Mse

USB

SAS

VGA

DVI

Rugged Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

2

4

12

2

2

1

 

2

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

Air and conduction cooled

2

2

2

12

2

2

 

 

2

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

Air and conduction cooled

2

2

2

12

2

2

 

 

2

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

Air cooled

2

2

2

8

1

1

1

 

2

1

1

 

2

 

1

 

Air and conduction cooled

2

2

2

8

1

1

1

 

2

1

1

 

2

 

1

 

Air cooled

1

4

4

8

1

1

 

 

2

 

1

 

4

 

1

1

Air cooled

1

4

2

8

 

 

 

 

2

 

1

1

2

 

1

 

Air cooled

1

4

2

8

 

 

 

 

2

 

1

1

2

2

1

 

Air cooled

1

2

2

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

1

 

4

 

1

1

Air cooled

1

2

2

 

1

1

 

 

2

 

1

1

2

 

1

 

Air cooled

1

2

2

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

1

 

4

2

1

 

Air cooled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GE Intelligent Platforms complements its VME processor solutions with QorIQ / PowerPC-based 6U single board computers developed to meet the needs of demanding embedded applications.

 

 

 

 

 

Rear IO Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front IO Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key’d /

Parallel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key’d

 

 

1000BaseT

FastE

COM

USB

Mse

Port

SCSI

SATA

GPIO

StarFabric

VME 64x

VME 2eSST

Gig E

Fast E

COM

/ Mse

USB

Rugged Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

8

2

 

 

 

2

31

 

 

2

 

2

 

2

Air and conduction cooled

2

 

6

4

1

1

 

2

26

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

Air and conduction cooled

2

 

6

2

 

 

 

2

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

1

2

6

4

1

1

1

 

16

 

 

1

 

2

1

3

Air cooled

2

 

6

2

1

1

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

 

2

6

2

1

1

1

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

 

2

6

2

1

1

1

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

 

1

4

 

1

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

2

 

4

2

 

 

 

 

22

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

2

2

4

4

 

 

 

2

32

 

 

1

 

1

 

2

Air and conduction cooled

2

2

6

 

 

 

 

1

32

 

 

1

1

2

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

2

 

6

2

1

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SINGLE BOARD COMPU T ER S

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CPCI INTEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flash /

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor

 

 

 

Memory / node

 

node

 

Rear IO Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Size

Speed

 

NAND

Compact

 

 

 

 

Bus

Size

Slots

CPU

Speed MHz

Cores

Chipset

Nodes

Type

GB

MHz

ECC

GB

Flash

XMC

PMC

1000BaseT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XCR14

CPCI

6U

1

Corei7

2500

4

QM67

1

DDR3

16

667

16

 

2

2

2

2nd Gen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CR12

CPCI

6U

1

Corei7

2530

2

QM57

1

DDR3

8

533

16

 

2

2

2

CT12

CPCI

6U

1

Corei7

2530

2

QM57

1

DDR3

8

533

16

 

2

2

4

CR11

CPCI

6U

1

Core 2 Duo

2167

2

E7520

1

DDR2

4

400

 

1

1

2

2

CT11

CPCI

6U

1

Core 2 Duo

2167

2

E7520

1

DDR2

4

400

 

1

1

2

2

CP11

CPCI

6U

2

Core 2 Duo

2167

2

E7520

1

DDR2

4

400

 

1

1

2

2

C7806RC

CPCI

6U

1

Pentium

1800

1

855GME

1

DDR

1

400

 

 

1

 

2

2

ACR301

CPCI

3U

1

ATOM/E6xxx

1600

1

Topcliff

1

DDR2

1

400

 

8

 

 

1

2

CL11

CPCI

3U

1

Core 2 Duo

2.16 GHz

2

945GM

1

DDR2

2

667

 

 

1

 

 

2

CC11

CPCI

3U

2

Core 2 Duo

2.16 GHz

2

945GM

1

DDR2

2

667

 

 

1

 

 

2

CR5

CPCI

3U

1

Core 2 Duo

1500

2

3100

1

DDR2

2

400

 

1

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: Not all IO features are available on the same board due to pin-out constraints. Please check the product manual for details of IO pin sharing.

CPCI POWERPC

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor

 

 

 

Memory / node

 

Flash / node

Rear IO Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Size

Speed

 

 

NAND

Compact

 

 

 

 

Bus

Size

Slots

CPU

Speed MHz

Cores

Chipset

Nodes

Type

GB

MHz

ECC

NOR MB

GB

Flash

PMC

AFIX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMP3A

CPCI

3U

1

P2020

1200

2

Integrated

1

DDR3

4

400

256

8

 

1

 

 

IMP2B

CPCI

3U

1

7448

1400

1

Discovery 5

1

DDR2

1

200

256

 

 

1

 

 

IMP2A

CPCI

3U

1

7448

1400

1

Discovery 3

1

DDR

0.5

133

128

 

 

1

 

 

IMP1A

CPCI

3U

1

7410

500

1

Discovery

1

SDRAM

0.128

100

64

 

 

1

 

 

CM6

CPCI

3U

1

8641D

1333

2

Integrated

1

DDR2

1

333

256

 

 

1

 

 

CM4R

CPCI

3U

1

7410

500

1

MPC107

1

SDRAM

0.256

100

64

 

 

1

 

 

CP1A

CPCI

6U

1

7448

1400

1

Discovery 3

1

DDR

1

133

512

 

 

2

 

1

C2KA

CPCI

6U

1

7448

1400

1

Discovery 3

1

DDR

2

167

512

 

 

2

 

 

C7055RC

CPCI

6U

1

750GX

1000

1

Discovery 3

1

DDR

1

200

128

 

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: Not all IO features are available on the same board due to pin-out constraints. Please check the product manual for details of IO pin sharing.

GE INTELLIGENT PLATFORMS » MILITARY AND AEROSPACE SELECTION GUIDE 2011

A comprehensive line of rugged and industrial 3U and 6U Intel-based CompactPCI single board computers for high performance embedded computing applications. These CPCI SBCs feature up to 2nd Generation Core i7 and Core i5 processors with Gen 2 PCIe SATA, and Intel AVX and turbo technologies. Products range from boards targeted to the unique needs of telecommunications and military applications to general purpose boards that can be applied to a wide variety of embedded applications.

 

 

 

 

 

Rear IO Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front IO Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key'd /

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COM

USB

Mse

SATA

IDE

GPIO

VGA

DVI

Audio

IPMI

CPCI 32 CPCI 64

Gig E

Fast E

COM

USB

Audio

VGA

DVI

Rugged Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

4

 

4

 

13

2

2

1

1

 

2

 

1

1

 

1

 

Air and conduction cooled

2

4

 

3

 

13

2

2

 

1

 

2

 

1

1

 

1

 

Air and conduction cooled

2

4

 

3

 

13

2

2

 

1

 

2

 

1

1

 

1

 

Air cooled

2

2

 

2

 

8

1

1

1

1

 

2

1

1

2

 

1

 

Air and conduction cooled

2

2

 

2

 

8

1

1

1

1

 

2

1

1

2

 

1

 

Air cooled

2

2

 

2

 

8

1

1

1

1

 

2

1

1

2

 

1

 

Air cooled

1

3

1

2

1

 

1

1

 

 

 

2

 

1

 

 

 

 

Air cooled

2

2

 

1

 

8

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

1

6

 

2

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

1

1

 

Air cooled

1

2

 

2

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

Up to

 

1

3

1

1

1

Air cooled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

2

 

2

 

8

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SINGLE BOARD COMPU T ER S

PowerPC-based CompactPCI Single Board Computers are designed for use in a broad spectrum of applications from military and aerospace to commercial and telecommunications systems. They are available with diverse feature sets and varying ruggedization levels to accommodate the unique requirements of demanding, high performance computing applications.

 

 

 

 

Rear IO Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front IO Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parallel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key'd /

 

 

1000BaseT

FastE

COM

USB

Key'd / Mse

Port

SATA

IDE

GPIO

CPCI 32

CPCI 64

Gig E

COM

Mse

USB

Rugged Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

2

1

 

 

2

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

1

 

2

2

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

2

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

 

2

2

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

2

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

 

1

4

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

Air and conduction cooled

2

 

6

2

1

1

 

 

33

 

 

2

2

3

Air and conduction cooled

3

 

8

3

 

 

2

 

16

 

 

 

 

1

Air and conduction cooled

2

 

2

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

1

 

 

Air cooled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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